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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
P1040 Cultural Facilities Plan
The City of Fort Collins’ Cultural Services Department seeks proposals for a needs assessment and
feasibility study for the evaluation and prioritization of future cultural facilities in the City. The
intended purpose of this study is to assess community cultural facility needs and to determine
whether there is a market to sustain existing and new cultural facilities.
Written proposals, six (6) will be received at the City of Fort Collins' Purchasing Division, 215 North
Mason St., 2nd floor, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524. Proposals will be received before 3:00 p.m. (our
clock), September 12, 2006. Proposal No. P1040. If delivered, they are to be sent to 215 North
Mason Street, 2nd Floor, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524. If mailed, the address is P.O. Box 580, Fort
Collins, 80522-0580.
Questions concerning the scope of the project should be directed to Project Manager Jill Stillwell,
(970) 221-6735.
Questions regarding proposals submittal or process should be directed to John D. Stephen, CPPO,
CPPB, Senior Buyer (970) 221-6777.
A copy of the Proposal may be obtained as follows:
1. Download the Proposal/Bid from the BuySpeed Webpage,
https://secure2.fcgov.com/bso/login.jsp
2. Come by Purchasing at 215 North Mason St., 2nd floor, Fort Collins, and request a
copy of the Bid.
Sales Prohibited/Conflict of Interest: No officer, employee, or member of City Council, shall have a
financial interest in the sale to the City of any real or personal property, equipment, material, supplies
or services where such officer or employee exercises directly or indirectly any decision-making
authority concerning such sale or any supervisory authority over the services to be rendered. This
rule also applies to subcontracts with the City. Soliciting or accepting any gift, gratuity favor,
entertainment, kickback or any items of monetary value from any person who has or is seeking to do
business with the City of Fort Collins is prohibited.
Collusive or sham proposals: Any proposal deemed to be collusive or a sham proposal will be
rejected and reported to authorities as such. Your authorized signature of this proposal assures that
such proposal is genuine and is not a collusive or sham proposal.
The City of Fort Collins reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any
irregularities or informalities.
Sincerely,
James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP
Director of Purchasing & Risk Management
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Scope of Services
City of Fort Collins
P1040 Cultural Facilities Plan
The City of Fort Collins’ Cultural Services Department seeks proposals for a needs assessment
and feasibility study for the evaluation and prioritization of future cultural facilities in the City.
The intended purpose of this study is to assess community cultural facility needs and to
determine whether there is a market to sustain existing and new cultural facilities.
Background Information
Fort Collins has a strong history in the performing arts, and in fact presents more performing
arts events than its larger neighbors Boulder and Colorado Springs combined. Fort Collins has
over 30 non-profit performing arts groups, four theatres, over 400 visual artists living and
working here, the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins Museum (history and
culture), and the only hands-on science center in the state. The City has an active ten-year-old
Art in Public Places program and the Cultural Resources Board awards grants to local cultural
events three times per year.
In 2001, the voters defeated an initiative to build a new 2200 seat theatre in downtown Fort
Collins, which was bundled with a new library and renovations to the Fort Collins Museum. It is
still uncertain as the reason for the failed initiative; whether the occurrences of September 11
and subsequent economic downturn were to blame, or if the lack of choice in the bundling or the
projects themselves were disagreeable to voters. Since that time, there have been many
changes in Fort Collins: retail sales are declining as neighboring communities grow their retail
sectors; the marketplace is becoming more regional; a new 5,000 seat Budweiser Events
Center was constructed at the new Larimer County Fair Grounds just outside of Fort Collins;
Colorado State University opened the University Center for the Arts including a chamber music
hall and thrust theatre; Bas Bleu Theatre relocated to a new, larger facility; and our area’s
population continues to rapidly grow.
The City has expressed a strong interest in establishing Fort Collins as a cultural hub, a
destination for culture and the arts, which would serve as an economic engine and potentially
generate additional revenue. In November of 2005, voters approved the renewal of a sales tax
dedicated to capital projects. The tax will fund a variety of projects and includes $6 million
towards a new downtown facility for the Fort Collins Museum and Discovery Science Center and
$5 million towards renovating the City’s performing arts center, the Lincoln Center. The City is
also currently contracting services to develop a brand and messaging program for the
community.
The Downtown Development Authority is investing in cultural programming through a
“Chautauqua” like program called “Beet Street”. The program revolves around themed week-
long, day-time educational opportunities supplemented by arts and entertainment evening
activities. The Bohemian Foundation is developing a music venue in downtown along the river
at a site commonly known as the Oxbow.
With this flurry of recent activity and the commitment to developing Fort Collins’ niche as culture
and the arts, it became clear that a comprehensive plan was needed. The City’s Cultural
Services Department and Arts Alive! Fort Collins began a cultural planning effort. To date, the
planning process included surveying the community on their values around culture and the arts
(visit www.artsalivefc.org to view survey), an inventory of existing cultural entities and
resources, a community forum on how to forward this idea, and the formation of a task force and
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advisors around sustainable funding. The next step in this process is to evaluate what kind of
cultural facilities with what type of programming are needed and can be sustained in order to
move Fort Collins towards its goal of being a destination for culture and the arts.
SCOPE OF WORK
1. Identify comparable communities that successfully serve as a cultural hub. Identify the “mix”
of cultural programming and facilities that makes these communities successful.
2. Identify existing cultural facilities within Fort Collins, and determine the scope of their
services. Meet with community cultural and arts organizations to determine their need for
facilities
3. Confirm the size, characteristics, and growth potential of the market to support additional
cultural, performing and entertainment programs and facilities.
4. Recommend needed cultural and/or arts facilities, defining the nature of those facilities: the
functions they might serve and programming; optimal size; features and location.
5. Prioritize the recommended facilities based on our goals and values, and further develop the
top priorities.
• Complete market and economic impact analysis for top priority facilities.
• Develop projected costs associated with the implementation of the top priority facilities,
including capital cost estimates and ongoing operating expenses.
• Assess the regional market potential to support such facilities.
• Recommend funding options for capital and sustainable funding for on-going operations
6. Recommend how our existing performing arts center, the Lincoln Center, fits into the overall
plan and what options might be considered as part of its renovations which are being planned
for 2010.
7. Seek out consultants currently working on other cultural projects in Fort Collins to share
findings and information to assure the best, comprehensive results for the plan and our
community.
8. Provide baseline research and recommendations that future planning efforts can effectively
utilize.
9. The Lincoln Center will be seeking a Business Plan consultant during the same time frame as
the Cultural Facilities Plan project. The City of Fort Collins would like to reserve the option to
include that project into the awarded consultant’s Scope of Work, if agreed to by both parties at
that time. Do not include the Business Plan as a component of the Cultural Facilities Plan
estimate. Terms and cost would be negotiated separately.
Project completion is desired by December 31, 2006.
Proposal submittals should address the specific tasks and the firm’s qualifications to complete
the tasks. Estimates of work hours, cost per task and hourly rates must be included.
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REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT
Professional firms will be evaluated on the following criteria. These criteria will be the basis for
review of the written proposals and interview session.
The rating scale shall be from 1 to 5, with 1 being a poor rating, 3 being an average rating, and
5 being an outstanding rating.
WEIGHTING
FACTOR
QUALIFICATION
STANDARD
2.0
Scope of Proposal
Does the proposal show an understanding of the
project objective, methodology to be used and
results that are desired from the project?
2.0
Assigned Personnel
Do the persons who will be working on the project
have the necessary skills? Are sufficient people of
the requisite skills assigned to the project?
1.0
Availability
Can the work be completed in the necessary time?
Can the target start and completion dates be met?
Are other qualified personnel available to assist in
meeting the project schedule if required? Is the
project team available to attend meetings as
required by the Scope of Work?
1.0
Motivation
Is the firm interested and are they capable of doing
the work in the required time frame?
2.0
Cost and
Work Hours
Do the proposed cost and work hours compare
favorably with the project Manager's estimate? Are
the work hours presented reasonable for the effort
required in each project task or phase?
2.0
Firm Capability
Does the firm have the support capabilities the
assigned personnel require? Has the firm done
previous projects of this type and scope?
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Reference evaluation (Top Ranked Firm)
The project Manager will check references using the following criteria. The evaluation rankings
will be labeled Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
QUALIFICATION
STANDARD
Overall Performance
Would you hire this Professional again? Did
they show the skills required by this project?
Timetable
Was the original Scope of Work completed
within the specified time? Were interim
deadlines met in a timely manner?
Completeness
Was the Professional responsive to client
needs; did the Professional anticipate
problems? Were problems solved quickly and
effectively?
Budget
Was the original Scope of Work completed
within the project budget?
Job Knowledge
a) If a study, did it meet the Scope of Work?
b) If Professional administered a construction
contract, was the project functional upon
completion and did it operate properly?
Were problems corrected quickly and
effectively?
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into the day and year set forth below, by and
between THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, a Municipal Corporation, hereinafter
referred to as the "City" and _____, [insert either a corporation, a partnership or an
individual,doing business as _______________, hereinafter referred to as "Professional".
WITNESSETH:
In consideration of the mutual covenants and obligations herein expressed, it is agreed
by and between the parties hereto as follows:
1. Scope of Services. The Professional agrees to provide services in accordance
with the scope of services attached hereto as Exhibit "A", consisting of ( ) pages,
and incorporated herein by this reference.
2. The Work Schedule. [Optional] The services to be performed pursuant to this
Agreement shall be performed in accordance with the Work Schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit "B", consisting of ( ) pages, and incorporated herein by this reference.
3. Contract Period. This Agreement shall commence 2005, and shall
continue in full force and effect until 2005, unless sooner terminated as herein provided.
In addition, at the option of the City, the Agreement may be extended for additional one year
periods not to exceed four (4) additional one year periods. Renewals and pricing changes shall
be negotiated by and agreed to by both parties. The Denver Boulder Greeley CPIU published by
the Colorado State Planning and Budget Office will be used as a guide. . Written notice of
renewal shall be provided to the Service Provider and mailed no later than ninety (90) days prior
to contract end.
4. Early Termination by City. Notwithstanding the time periods contained herein,
the City may terminate this Agreement at any time without cause by providing written notice of
termination to the Professional. Such notice shall be delivered at least fifteen (15) days prior to
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the termination date contained in said notice unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties.
All notices provided under this Agreement shall be effective when mailed, postage prepaid and
sent to the following addresses:
Professional:
City:
With Copy to:
City of Fort Collins, Purchasing
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
In the event of any such early termination by the City, the Professional shall be paid for services
rendered prior to the date of termination, subject only to the satisfactory performance of the
Professional's obligations under this Agreement. Such payment shall be the Professional's sole
right and remedy for such termination.
5. Design, Project Indemnity and Insurance Responsibility. The Professional shall
be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy, timely completion and the
coordination of all services rendered by the Professional, including but not limited to designs,
plans, reports, specifications, and drawings and shall, without additional compensation,
promptly remedy and correct any errors, omissions, or other deficiencies. The Professional
shall indemnify, save and hold harmless the City, its officers and employees in accordance with
Colorado law, from all damages whatsoever claimed by third parties against the City; and for the
City's costs and reasonable attorneys fees, arising directly or indirectly out of the Professional's
performance of any of the services furnished under this Agreement. The Professional shall
maintain commercial general liability insurance in the amount of $500,000 combined single
limits and errors and omissions insurance in the amount of $ .
6. Compensation. [Use this paragraph or Option 1 below.] In consideration of
the services to be performed pursuant to this Agreement, the City agrees to pay Professional a
fixed fee in the amount of ($ ) plus reimbursable direct costs. All such fees and
costs shall not exceed ($ ). Monthly partial payments based upon the
Professional's billings and itemized statements are permissible. The amounts of all such partial
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payments shall be based upon the Professional's City-verified progress in completing the
services to be performed pursuant hereto and upon the City's approval of the Professional's
actual reimbursable expenses. [Optional] Insert Subcontractor ClauseFinal payment shall be
made following acceptance of the work by the City. Upon final payment, all designs, plans,
reports, specifications, drawings, and other services rendered by the Professional shall become
the sole property of the City.
6. Compensation. [Option 1] In consideration of the services to be performed
pursuant to this Agreement, the City agrees to pay Professional on a time and reimbursable
direct cost basis according to the following schedule:
Hourly billing rates:
Reimbursable direct costs:
with maximum compensation (for both Professional's time and reimbursable direct costs) not to
exceed ($ ). Monthly partial payments based upon the Professional's
billings and itemized statements of reimbursable direct costs are permissible. The amounts of
all such partial payments shall be based upon the Professional's City-verified progress in
completing the services to be performed pursuant hereto and upon the City's approval of the
Professional's reimbursable direct costs. Final payment shall be made following acceptance of
the work by the City. Upon final payment, all designs, plans, reports, specifications, drawings
and other services rendered by the Professional shall become the sole property of the City.
7. City Representative. The City will designate, prior to commencement of work, its
project representative who shall make, within the scope of his or her authority, all necessary and
proper decisions with reference to the project. All requests for contract interpretations, change
orders, and other clarification or instruction shall be directed to the City Representative.
8. Project Drawings. [Optional]Upon conclusion of the project and before final
payment, the Professional shall provide the City with reproducible drawings of the project
containing accurate information on the project as constructed. Drawings shall be of archival,
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prepared on stable mylar base material using a non-fading process to provide for long storage
and high quality reproduction. "CD" disc of the as-built drawings shall also be submitted to the
owner in and AutoCAD version no older then the established city standard.
9. Monthly Report. Commencing thirty (30) days after the date of execution of this
Agreement and every thirty (30) days thereafter, Professional is required to provide the City
Representative with a written report of the status of the work with respect to the Scope of
Services, Work Schedule, and other material information. Failure to provide any required
monthly report may, at the option of the City, suspend the processing of any partial payment
request.
10. Independent Contractor. The services to be performed by Professional are those
of an independent contractor and not of an employee of the City of Fort Collins. The City shall
not be responsible for withholding any portion of Professional's compensation hereunder for the
payment of FICA, Workers' Compensation, other taxes or benefits or for any other purpose.
11. Personal Services. It is understood that the City enters into this Agreement
based on the special abilities of the Professional and that this Agreement shall be considered as
an agreement for personal services. Accordingly, the Professional shall neither assign any
responsibilities nor delegate any duties arising under this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the City.
12. Acceptance Not Waiver. The City's approval of drawings, designs, plans,
specifications, reports, and incidental work or materials furnished hereunder shall not in any way
relieve the Professional of responsibility for the quality or technical accuracy of the work. The
City's approval or acceptance of, or payment for, any of the services shall not be construed to
operate as a waiver of any rights or benefits provided to the City under this Agreement.
13. Default. Each and every term and condition hereof shall be deemed to be a
material element of this Agreement. In the event either party should fail or refuse to perform
according to the terms of this agreement, such party may be declared in default.
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14. Remedies. In the event a party has been declared in default, such defaulting
party shall be allowed a period of ten (10) days within which to cure said default. In the event
the default remains uncorrected, the party declaring default may elect to (a) terminate the
Agreement and seek damages; (b) treat the Agreement as continuing and require specific
performance; or (c) avail himself of any other remedy at law or equity. If the non-defaulting
party commences legal or equitable actions against the defaulting party, the defaulting party
shall be liable to the non-defaulting party for the non-defaulting party's reasonable attorney fees
and costs incurred because of the default.
15. Binding Effect. This writing, together with the exhibits hereto, constitutes the
entire agreement between the parties and shall be binding upon said parties, their officers,
employees, agents and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the respective survivors, heirs,
personal representatives, successors and assigns of said parties.
16. Law/Severability. The laws of the State of Colorado shall govern the
construction, interpretation, execution and enforcement of this Agreement. In the event any
provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision of this
Agreement.
17. Special Provisions. [Optional] Special provisions or conditions relating to the
services to be performed pursuant to this Agreement are set forth in Exhibit " ", consisting
of ( ) pages, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
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THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
By: _________________________________
James B. O'Neill II, CPPO, FNIGP
Director of Purchasing & Risk Management
DATE: ______________________________
ATTEST:
_________________________________
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
________________________________
Assistant City Attorney
[Insert Professional's name] or
[Insert Partnership Name] or
[Insert individual's name] or
Doing business as [insert name of business]
By: __________________________________
Title: _______________________________
CORPORATE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT
Date: _______________________________
ATTEST:
_________________________________ (Corporate Seal)
Corporate Secretary
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[Optional]
EXHIBT “ ”
CONFIDENTIALITY
IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICES provided to the City of Fort Collins (the “City”) pursuant to
this Agreement (the “Agreement”), the Contractor hereby acknowledges that it has been
informed that the City has established policies and procedures with regard to the handling of
confidential information and other sensitive materials.
In consideration of access to certain information, data and material (hereinafter individually and
collectively, regardless of nature, referred to as “information”) that are the property of and/or
relate to the City or its employees, customers or suppliers, which access is related to the
performance of services that the Contractor has agreed to perform, the Contractor hereby
acknowledges and agrees as follows:
That information that has or will come into its possession or knowledge in connection with the
performance of services for the City may be confidential and/or proprietary. The Contractor
agrees to treat as confidential (a) all information that is owned by the City, or that relates to the
business of the City , or that is used by the City in carrying on business, and (b) all information
that is proprietary to a third party (including but not limited to customers and suppliers of the
City) . The Contractor shall not disclose any such information to any person not having a
legitimate need-to-know for purposes authorized by the City. Further, the Contractor shall not
use such information to obtain any economic or other benefit for itself, or any third party, except
as specifically authorized by the City.
The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, the Contractor understands that it shall have no
obligation under this Agreement with respect to information and material that (a) becomes
generally known to the public by publication or some means other than a breach of duty of this
Agreement, or (b) is required by law, regulation or court order to be disclosed, provided that the
request for such disclosure is proper and the disclosure does not exceed that which is required.
In the event of any disclosure under (b) above, the Contractor shall furnish a copy of this
Agreement to anyone to whom it is required to make such disclosure and shall promptly advise
the City in writing of each such disclosure.
In the event that the Contractor ceases to perform services for the City, or the City so requests
for any reason, the Contractor shall promptly return to the City any and all information described
hereinabove, including all copies, notes and/or summaries (handwritten or mechanically
produced) thereof, in its possession or control or as to which it otherwise has access.
The Contractor understands and agrees that the City’s remedies at law for a breach of the
Contractor’s obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement may be inadequate and that the
City shall, in the event of any such breach, be entitled to seek equitable relief (including without
limitation preliminary and permanent injunctive relief and specific performance) in addition to all
other remedies provided hereunder or available at law.